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90-Year-Old Activist âGranny Dâ Inspires Change, Walks Across Country 90-Year-Old Activist 'Granny D' Inspires Change, Walks Across Country. I learned a few very good things during my travels with Doris Granny D Haddock. The first, which sounds hackneyed, is that one person can make a difference. It's truer than I imagined.
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Walkout  (film) High school student Paula Crisostomo (played by Alexa Vega), is tired of being treated unequally. She meets a group of student activists from around East Los Angeles and they decide to try to change the way students are treated.
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Social Activism Social activism is an intentional action with the goal of bringing about social change. If you feel strongly about a cause and are working towards a change, you could be considered an activist. An activist is anyone who is fighting for change in society.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.he same year that Martin Luther King was assassinated, she established the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, dedicated to preserving his legacy and the work of championing nonviolent conflict resolution and tolerance worldwide. Their son, Dexter King, serves as the center's chairman.
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Impressive Craters on Earth Impressive Craters on Earth. Ever since our recent encounter with asteroid 2008 TC3 — the first asteroid that was correctly predicted to hit our planet — I’ve had impact craters on the brain. Earth has about 175 known impact craters, but surely our planet has endured more bashing than that in its history.
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Why Activist Angela Davis Isnât Endorsing Any Candidate For President Davis' profound activism has helped to distinguish her as leading black revolutionary figure. Many present-day Black Lives Matter activists are inspired by her accomplishments and she said she shares a strong appreciation for their work, too.
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- Some types of marijuana can get you high. It’s true that marijuana is often used to get high, which is why it is labeled a recreational drug. The high is caused by a single chemical in marijuana known as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). THC acts on different parts of the brain to create a feeling of euphoria or pleasure.
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Susan Kimberly's new transition Many questioned the political wisdom of St. Paul City Council Member Bob Sylvester's decision to publicize his transition from man to woman in the early 1980s. He became Susan Kimberly, and now she is retiring -- for the third time -- after decades of service to the city she loves, St. Paul.
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Why Did It Take an Activist to Bring âSuperpredatorsâ Into the Campaign? The fact that it took Black Lives Matter activist Ashley Williams to bring “superpredators” into 2016 presidential campaign coverage (AlterNet, 2/24/16) truly demonstrates the malfeasance of the corporate press.
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- The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 organizations representing black people nationwide, made the policy platform and accompanying website public on August 1. Among the demands are calls for “an end to the criminalization, incarceration, and killing of our people” and “independent Black political power and Black self-determination in all areas of society.”
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The Green Belt Movement :: The Story of Wangari Maathai Her non-governmental Green Belt Movement has planted 30 million trees across Kenya, many of which still stand. In 2004 her work was internationally recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize. “As trees grow, they give you hope and self-confidence,” Maathai said recently.
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- American activist Ella Baker was the consummate organizer and unsung brains behind many of the most effective African American civil rights and political organizations in the twentieth century.
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Can Scabies Cause Diarrhea? Diarrhea is one such side effect. A person suffering from Scabies displays a red rash and complains of severe itching. So severe can be the discomfort, that it can depress the patient and disrupt his normal life to a large extent.
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Riding for Change: Nonviolence In 1942, Farmer helped to form CORE, the group that pioneered the use of Gandhi’s method of nonviolent resistance in the United States and inspired King to adopt that framework. In 1961, Farmer became CORE’s director; that same year, he recruited and led members who brought the first Freedom Ride into the Deep South.
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- You will be less likely to encounter problems installing a multiple-boot system with MS-DOS, Windows 95 or Windows 98, and Windows XP if you install these operating systems in the following order: MS-DOS, Windows 95 or Windows 98, and then Windows XP.
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90-Year-Old Activist âGranny Dâ Inspires Change, Walks Across Country There was a third thing: A few years after her long walk, after the passage of her bill, she recruited a few friends to help her register working women to vote in advance of the 2004 election. It was a grueling trek--I don't remember how many cities, but about 23,000 miles were involved, mostly in a rattletrap old van.
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Hattie Carthan Hattie Carthan (1900–1984) was a community activist and environmentalist who was instrumental in improving the quality of life of the Brooklyn, New York community of Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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Mary Fair Burks Mary Fair Burks. Mary Fair Burks (July 31, 1914 – July 21, 1991) was an American educator, scholar, and activist during the Civil Rights Movement from Montgomery, Alabama.
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March for Babies March for Babies. March for Babies, formerly known as WalkAmerica, is a charitable walking event sponsored by the March of Dimes. It began in 1970 as the first charitable walking event in the United States. The name was changed after the 2007 event. March for Babies is held yearly in 1,100 communities across the nation.
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- Ella Baker. Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist born in Virginia, who grew up in North Carolina and graduated from college there, and worked for most of her life based in New York City.
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- The movement would be better off if it engaged with Republican candidates. Leon H. Wolf is an attorney in Nashville, contributing editor to RedState and columnist for Townhall.com. Members of the Black Lives Matter Seattle chapter took the stage and forced Bernie Sanders to the side at an event in Seattle.
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- Vida Goldstein. Vida Goldstein (1869–1949). Vida Goldstein was born in Portland, Victoria. She believed that men and women should have equal rights. She worked for the right of women to vote, called 'suffrage', and her parents encouraged her to be strong and free. Vida Goldstein was born in Portland, Victoria. She believed that men and women should have equal ...
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Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony. For other uses, see Susan B. Anthony (disambiguation). Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights advocate who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17.
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- “I find inspiration from activists in my community who, in the wake of social injustices, choose everyday to lend their voices to those who’ve gone unheard.”. Lydia N., ’17. Sociology: Law, Criminology, and Deviance. “I co-founded an LGBTQ-focused student group in the Carlson School of Management. I wanted to create spaces that I need, and that other people need, that didn’t already exist when I came here.
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Rest in Power, Yuri Kochiyama: A Civil Rights Hero Who Inspired a Generation I’m hearing reports through my networks that Yuri Kochiyama, the incredible civil rights hero whose life of dedicated work to social justice inspired a generation of young activists including myself, passed away last night at the age of 93.
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- A. Philip Randolph was a labor leader and social activist who fought for the rights of African-American laborers, including better wages and working conditions.